It’s a frustrating feeling. You spend lots of time writing up content that you think will have the interest of your readers. Then you realise that barely any of your followers have actually seen...
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Downs and ups?
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been reflecting on what I’ve been doing music wise – quite possibly more than is healthy. I also came across something which I’ve found more dispiriting than I...
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Changes, they are a… yeah.
Hello all. As I said recently, quite a few changes are on their way to the way I do things. That mainly consists of much of my content heading over to my new website,...
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Secret DJs and ominous signs?
I saw this on my Facebook notifications earlier. I think I’ll take that as an endorsement....
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Hearing someone playing your record? Yeah, it’s weird…
A friend asked me quite recently what it’s like to turn on the radio or go to a club or whatever and hear one of your own records playing. I thought it was a...
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When is a dance music legend not a dance music legend?
Dance music is one of few places where someone who made one great track years and years ago can be called a legend. This even applies if they’ve been releasing rubbish ever since in...
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Is a pandemic the best time to release a new synth?
So, Korg have brought out a brand new synthesiser. I’m not going to review it here. I’m not exactly at the stage in the industry where the likes of Korg will give you one...
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Erick Morillo, death and a drugs used to tranquilise horses…
The report from Erick Morillo’s autopsy has been released. It’s concluded that he died from an overdose of ketamine. He was found dead on September 1st this year. Ketamine is traditionally the drug that’s...
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Plague raves – why ARE house’s big names staying quiet?
The plague rave is a blight that I’ve mentioned on this page numerous times in recent weeks. My opinion is well known – I think they’re irresponsible, often have links with the criminal underworld,...
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Amidst the doom and gloom…
I’ve observed much more doom and gloom in recent weeks, both online and offline. The atmosphere is now much more reminiscent of April this year – a truly dark time when Covid-19 was taking...
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Resident Advisor and a lesson in how NOT to run a story
Well, this took them a while, didn’t it? Resident Advisor have FINALLY published an article about Derrick May’s current troubles – but they’re going out of their way to pretend this has nothing to...
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Graffiti in public toilets, this place is not!
I’m always happy to be sent news about DJs, producers and other people in the house music world. I get a fair amount of it sent to me. Some people seem to think that...
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Music theory, racist? Part 2
Back on Monday, I posted a link to an article asking essentially whether music theory was diminishing or ignoring aspects of more traditionally black music. In other words, is music theory racist? You can...
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Music theory, racist? Part 1
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Erick Morillo and why you should listen to your elders
The fallout from the discovery that Erick Morillo was a sexual predator – and potentially quite a prolific one – continues to rock the world of dance music. I’ve commented on this a few...
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Groovejet wouldn’t be a club classic today. Discuss.
I’m not a fan of the very modern practice of playing a song once and then just leaving it on your hard drive for the rest of eternity. I think it’s a waste of...
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